AtariDatacenter writes: Years ago I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI for documents regarding Atari Corporation. What I received back was amazing. At a time when the tech industry was dealing with a DRAM shortage and trade restrictions to protect American semiconductor manufacturers, Atari was circumventing that agreement to earn some badly needed cash. Its acquisition of Federated Department Stores was bleeding it dry.

Slashdot Top Deals

Fun geek stuff? I created my own easter egg in Mozilla. I caught someone who stole and submitted to Slashdot a review that *I* wrote on the Sun E10K. I made some assembler mods to the arcade game Tempest. I hacked a Wal-Mart Santa Claus and reprogrammed it. I need to find myself more good hacks to do. Last year, I did a computer controlled christmas display with ~7,500 LEDs. Never again!